Palm Springs Day 4

SPA DAY!!!! John and I signed up for a couples Restore package, which was his idea! Can you believe it?!?!?!! It included a facial, pedicure, massage and scrub. For me this sounds great, but I was really shocked that John wanted to do the facial, pedicure and scrub too. The spa here is really nice and quite new. It's called Elements. It has a great shower with overhead rain shower and body jets, also a great Eucalyptus steam room.

The facial was good, I enjoyed it, John was a little mixed. It wasn't the best facial I had ever had, but it was good. Next up was the pedicure, again, it was okay, but not the best one I had ever had. I was feeling badly, because I really wanted John to have the best of everything so that he would like it, but maybe we will try again somewhere else.

The massage was great though. We were in the same treatment room, on massage tables beside each other. It was oddly comforting. The girl really worked on my neck and it felt soooooo good. I think I was drooling, and I could hear John snoring.

The scrub pretty much sucked. I would never do it here again, they barely massage you while they are doing it, and then they just wipe it off with cold towels. Any other scrub I have had, they massage you and then you go to a shower and rinse off, and then get massaged again with lotion. If I didn't know better, I would have thought everyone but the masseuse was brand new!!

But overall it was a good experience, I would give it 7 out of 10.

After our spa day, we went for a late lunch across the street at Sherman's Delicatessen & Bakery.

This was the best chicken noodle soup. John loves chicken noodle soup and orders it quite a bit when we are out, and this one takes the cake. Real chicken, tasty broth and homemade noodles. I had to eat some of it too! John also ordered the corned beef sandwich. He always orders it lean, because he hates fat, and this one was perfect. It didn't quite satisfy his smoked meat craving, but he still enjoyed it!

I had the grilled cheese with cheddar on sourdough bread with cottage fries. It was really good. Maybe even the best grilled cheese I have ever had. It had a ton of gooey cheese, and it was cooked just right! I would definitely have it again!!

Unfortunately we spoiled our dinner (I was not hungry at all even 3 hours later). We had another group dinner at the Chophouse and this time they had our reservation!! It was a little weird because it was really quiet. There was our group, and then maybe another 2 or 3 couples. The service was spectacular and so was the food. Everyone was happy with what they ordered. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures again. John had a steak, which I cannot believe he had room for, and I had the french onion soup and then calamari. I also had a cup of tea and it was fabulous. They brought out this tea box to let me choose. I chose a Pineapple, mango, strawberry green tea, and it was sooooo good. I would go back there again just for the tea. Brian was sitting beside me and he had the Lobster bisque which he said was awesome.

It was a really great dinner, and we all had a blast. On the walk home, John and I stopped at Ben & Jerry's and I got half a cup of Cherry Garcia, and half a cup of Chunky Monkey. Let's just say I was in heaven for the rest of the night.